Yes, San Diego is a desirable place to live – but the population numbers don’t show that we are having a major influx of new people – I think more “homeowner” age people are leaving actually. At the last report, wasn’t the only growing age group in San Diego due to births?
So yes, people “want” to live here, but apparently there are quite a few reasonable people out there that have refused to come here are live in debt just to be close to Legoland.
As much as I love living in San Diego, I have been exploring the opposite – a move to a place which costs less so I can actually hope to own something – We choose for my wife to stay home with our children and in San Diego 1 income is hard to live on if you want more than a 2 bedroom apartment. I make just over the median houseold income, but it takes a hell of a lot more than that to live nicely here. That is not to complain too much, we live with only a car payment and a student loan bill – other than that we are able to save a some each month, both for retirement and for a future down payment – it is just a long ways off I fear.
